If you have personal goals, both for work and outside work, both short term and long term – you will be much more likely to achieve them. This is because setting goals is like putting an address into your SatNav, and your subconscious then has something to guide all of the little decisions that it makes […]
SMART – why I don’t like it
The ultimate management training course cliche – “Has anyone heard of SMART goals?” – oh no, not again…… My first objection is that I’m bored with it. They trot it out every time as if it’s some clever new thing. But I do understand that there are those who haven’t seen it, and maybe it’s […]
Why does setting a goal make it more likely to happen?
Why is it that if you write your goals down you tend to achieve them? You may be sceptical about this, but I know it’s true because I’ve tested it personally more than once, and many other people have told me the same. But why? If there’s a God he probably doesn’t give out Ferraris, […]
Goal setting – tips
I think the objective of life is to enjoy as much of it as you can, and also to achieve as much as you can – and clearly these two are interlinked. If you live only for enjoyment and you don’t put any effort into achievement then you’ll be unhappy later, and similarly if you’re […]